Stories

Welcome to our Library of Stories. Please click on the story title to read Chapter 1.
These are collaborative story openings created by school groups and community groups.
Each participant writes their own Chapter 2.

Food War III

St. Bernard's Primary School, P6
February 10th 2016

There were cocktail sticks flying through the air and pieces of tomato coming off catapults. It was midnight in Hot-Dog Kingdom and that was the only thing that was normal; there was a ginormous battle coming on...

Your Boyfriend's A Liar

St. Genevieve's High School, Y10 - Mrs Sweeney
January 28th 2016

Paddy was walking home from football practice when he saw Jessica, his girlfriend, talking to Fionnuala. Paddy felt anxious because he had cheated on Jessica with Fionnuala last Saturday when they were at a party...

The Blaze

St. Genevieve's High School, Y9 - Ms Marais
January 27th 2016

Once on a farm in the northwest of Brazil, a girl called Rebecca was feeding her pigs.

Suddenly the sun burst into a million flames.  A quilt of darkness coated the farm...

The Adventure of Patjim

Glor na Mona, Junior Class
January 28th 2016

This is the fantastic story of Patjim, who was born in 1994 on a rainy-sunny day. As always, it was dessert-time on Dessert Island. A glistening rainbow appeared in the sky.

Dessert Island City was under surveillance by the Brussel Sprout Army, who were armed with carrot knives and lettuce guns that shot garden peas.

Patjim’s mum was an ultra-rare rainbow cupcake...

The Haunted Treehouse

St. Patricks Primary School, P3 - Mr Carter
January 26th 2016

Once upon a time, there was an orange newt that wore high heels. He was called Cindy.

Cindy lived in a haunted treehouse by the seaside. He lived with a scary skeleton called Charlie and a freaky mummy...

Cheaters and Chips

St. Genevieve's High School, Y10 - Ms Jago
January 20th 2016

The bell rang for the end of school. Tiffany and Steven walked out of school and were on their way to McDonald's. 

“Hopefully she's not working,” said Steven.    “Trust me, she only works weekends,” replied Tiffany...

Finding the Banana Plane

St. Patricks Primary School, P3 - Mr McNally
January 20th 2016

Once upon a time, in a jungle with banana trees, there was a banana-coloured elephant called Bob. 

Bob saw a banana fish lying on the ground and ate it, of course!  

Bob looked around and saw a banana tree with bananas on the branches way up high.

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